Big Canoe POA President Phil Anderson takes questions from homeowners regarding the state of their water system Saturday.

Residents of the Big Canoe community gathered Saturday with their property owner association (POA) leaders, state legislators and county officials to hear plans to address their water system – it was not good news.

During the more than two-hour meeting, reports flowed of poorly maintained infrastructure, widespread outages; a confrontational situation with the private company that owns the system; a $5 million debt and homeowners questioning the quality of their tap water.